Shoe-polishing machine



(NoModel.) A D MAJOR SHOE POLISHING MACHINE. No. 438,079. Patented Oct. 7, 1890.

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ALBERT l). MAJOR, OF ALLENTOl/VN, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO W. S.

GOODING, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. v

SHOE-POLISHING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 438,079, dated October 7, 1890. Application filed March l, 1890- Serial No. 342,249. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT D. MAJOR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Allentown, in the county of Lehigh and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usefullmprovements in Shoe-Polishimg,r Ma chines, andI do declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a device for polishing boots, and one which is adapted to be operated by mechanism to do the work ordinarily performed by hand.

The object of the invention is to produce a device which will effectively and readily clean and polish boots and shoes, and which may be manipulated by any person Without the necessity of any prior knowledge of the same. v

A further object of the invention is to produce a device for polishing boots which shall be extremely simple of construction, efficient and durable in use, and comparatively inexpensive of production.

With these objects in View the invention consists in the various novel details of con struction, as Will be hereinafter fully described in the specification, illustrated in the drawings, and more particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which like figures of reference indicate corresponding parts, Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional vieW of the device, showing its internal ar= rangement and construction of its parts. Fig. 2 is an elevation showing the device as it appears ready for use.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the hand-piece, which consists of a shell or casing 2, each end of which is covered by a cap 3 and 4, provided with a central aperture 5. W'ithin this casing is mounted a shaft 6, each end of which is reduced so as to form spin dles 7 and 8, which extend through the aperi tures 5 in the caps. The object of this construction is to hold the shaft Within the handpiece and prevent its Working out when the devicev is in operation. To the spindle 8 is connected 'a socket 9, either by having a threaded connection therewith or riveting therein, and to this socket is connectedaiiexible shaft 10, which consists of a wire Wound so as to bring the coils closely together and forming a close-jointed coil-spring. At the point Where the socket enters the coils of the spring it is secured in any mannerto prevent the Wire from uncoiling When the brush is in operation. To the opposite end of this ilexible shaft is secured in a similar manner another socket 11, which is adapted to engage the shaft 12 of an ordinary dynamo 13. As the latter may be of any approved construction, it is not thought -necessary to make a de tail view of the same. v

Upon the cap 4 is screwed a collar 14, in which is secured in any suitable manner a sheath or casing 15. This casing may be made of any suitable material-such, for eX- ample, as leather or rubber. The opposite end of this sheath or casing is secured within a collar 16, which fits around the socket 11 and forms a bearing for the same.

To the spindle 7 is secured 'in any suitable manner, but preferably in this instance by screwing thereon, a brush 17, which may be of any desired shape, but preferably semielliptical in form, so as to admit of its being used around the heel and under the instep of a boot or shoe.

Having now described the different parts of my device, I will describe the manner of its operation. The dynamo 13 is to be located at any convenient point, but preferably under the platform, upon which is placed the chair in which the customer seats himself. The dynamo is then started and imparts motion to the socket 1l, the flexible shaft 10, and brush 17. Of course in this operation the customers shoes have-been supplied with blacking by means of an ordinary dauber. The brush is held against the said shoes, and it Will be found that in a very few moments, by means of the high friction generated by the rapidly-revolving brush, the shoes will receive a very high polish.

A very important point in this invention IOO is that, if desired, the current of electricity may be made to pass through the flexible shaft and out through the bristles Of the brush, thereby giving the customer, if desired, an electric treatment at the same time the shoes are being polished.

Having thus fully ldescribed. my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by i In a shoe-polishin g device, the combination of a hand-piece, a shaft mounted therein having reduced ends, caps on said hand-piece having apertures through which the said reduced ends extend, a brush carried by one of the said ends, a flexible shaft carried by the Opposite end, a socket carried bythe flexible ALBERT D. MAJOR.

Witnesses:

JOHN EVANS, R. M. ELLIOTT. 

